Philanthropy Southwest Board Member and Vice-President of Enchanted Life Foundation, Elizabeth Grinnell, recently received the Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award from her alma mater, Seton Hill University. Seton Hill University established the...
Fort Worth is offering summer school to about 150 kindergartners as part of a unique partnership between the school district, the city and private groups. It's a pilot program, the first of its kind in Fort Worth, but leaders hope it will grow. "...
Permian Basin Area Foundation announced $584,817 in scholarships at their annual scholarship dinner. The Foundation celebrated 296 scholarship awards to students primarily from communities throughout West Texas. These scholarships were made...
James R. Huffines will be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Southwestern Medical Foundation. He will be joined by four new board members: Timothy P. Costello, Sarah K. Miller, Matthew S. Ramsey, and Sam L. Susser. Huffines will team up...
The Telluride Foundation recently launched a $2 million operating working capital loan fund conceived to support rural business startup, growth, job creation and retention in southwest Colorado. It is designed to help companies with their day-to-...
The Episcopal Health Foundation has awarded $17 million in grants to help community-based clinics provide a wider range of health services and go beyond the doctor’s office to address underlying causes of poor health. The grants will help pay for...
Parks for Downtown Dallas has invested time and resources to transform Pacific Plaza from a surface parking lot to a public park in order to introduce more green space to the city's center. The design of Pacific Plaza will also have special...
Our hearts break at the senseless violence in our beloved community of El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio this past weekend. We join people and organizations across the nation and world in grieving for the lives lost and the communities forever changed...
Ardmore, OK - Ron Stout, M.D., will join the Ardmore Institute of Health (AIH) as president and CEO on June 1. Kevin Brown, who has served as president and CEO of AIH since 2013, will become chief operating officer.
Stout currently serves...
Austin, TX - Last December, longtime St. David’s Foundation CEO Earl Maxwell announced his plans to retire at the end of 2019, pending the recruitment of a new CEO for the Austin-based health foundation.
Today the Foundation announced...
Bentonville, AR - Today, Walton Family Foundation Board Chair Carrie Walton Penner announced the selection of Caryl M. Stern as the foundation’s new executive director. Stern is a dynamic change-maker with deep experience in serving others....
I’ve been listening : listening to our members, to their visions for their foundations, the challenges they face on multiple levels, the seemingly insurmountable needs in their communities, and their passion to see sustainable change.
In response to the destructive tornadoes that devastated parts of Dallas and Richardson, Texas PSW Members Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas, TX) and The Dallas Foundation (Dallas, TX) have been working tirelessly to develop community solutions and support organizations on the front lines. More information here and here.
Hobbs, NM - JF Maddox's Longtime CEO Bob Reid announced his decision to step down from the foundation no later than December 31, 2020, after 25 years of leadership. The foundation has appointed an executive search committee to oversee its search process for a new leader. More.
Denver, CO – Denver-based Bonfils-Stanton Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Yankovich, President and CEO of Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, as Community Trustee. This appointment follows the departure of Maruca Salazar who stepped down from the board after completion of her three-year term.
Houston, TX - Texas Pride Impact Funds announced that 17 organizations will share $120,000 to support the transformational work of community partner organizations, from smaller cities around Texas including Corpus Christi, Eagle Pass and Lubbock, as well as organizations serving multi-county regions in the urban centers of Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Read more.
The perception of rural communities is that of quiet, sparsely populated areas subsisting on agriculture and wildlife. Often small grants in these communities can have large ripple effects. While the needs may be similar to other rural areas, the...
San Angelo Health Foundation’s Board Chair, Hon. Marilyn Aboussie, announced today the Foundation President, Tom Early, will retire in June 2020 after serving the Foundation almost 24 years.
The following guest blog post is written by PSW Road Show partners and presenters, Impact City Founder Salah Boukadoum & CEO Jennifer M. Ware.
“How will you support your program in future years?”
Some form...
The following guest blog post is written by PSW Road Show partners and presenters, Impact City Founder Salah Boukadoum & CEO Jennifer M. Ware.
Today’s funding models leave so much opportunity on the table for our communities. Too...
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